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Plympton-Wyoming Council highlights from Oct. 12, 2011 meeting

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 5:00 p.m., the Town of Plympton-Wyoming Council: Congratulated the coaches and players of the Wyoming Minor Ball Boys PeeWee Division (Wyoming Wranglers) and presented each of them with a certificate, a pen and a lapel pin for their recently earned O.B.A. Championship. Heard a presentation [...]

Bluewater Health marking National Infection Control Week

‘Infection Control – Are you IN? Get INvolved, provide INput, INitiate change!’ is the theme of this year’s National Infection Control Week, October 17 to 21, coordinated by the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association of Canada. To mark the week in hospital, Bluewater Health is educating community about the importance of infection prevention. Dr. [...]

UWO Research Park tenant offering ‘green power’ to clients

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Armed with a chemical engineering degree and a few years of experience working for Nova Chemicals, Rahul Chitrapu decided he wanted to change the world. With partner Vishnu Chapa, who he met at Nova, Chitrapu formed EcoElectrons, a broker of green power. Based on the Sarnia campus of the University of Western Ontario Research Park, [...]

‘Snakes alive!’ St. Clair Region Conservation Authority works to preserve endangered species

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Staff at the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority, including Erin Carroll, an aquatic systems technician, are working on preserving and protecting the eastern foxsnake, a non-venomous and generally docile snake that is vulnerable to extinction. With an average length of approximately one metre and a tendency to shake its tail when threatened, an eastern foxsnake [...]

Internships available at LambtonShield.com

If you're a student at one of Lambton County's high schools (or know someone who is) with a penchant for writing, a curiosity that's innate in every good journalist and a desire to add a by-line (or several) to your resume, there may be an opportunity for you at LambtonShield.com. Our "new media" venture is [...]

Local conservation authority loses exec to municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc

Ralph Coe will be leaving his position as the General Manager/Secretary Treasurer of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority after 32 years, where he worked in partnership with its 17 member municipalities and senior levels of government. Ralph has been appointed Strathroy-Caradoc’s new Chief Administrative Officer, a move that takes effect Oct. 31. A long-time [...]

County wants local opinions on future of cycling and walking

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Lambton County's Community Health Services department is inviting residents to share their voice on the future of cycling and walking in Lambton County. Residents are being invited to complete the Lambton County Active Transportation Committee "Have Your Say" online survey before October 20, 2011 at www.lambtonhealth.on.ca. The local committee wants to know if anything is [...]

Edwards, Jean (nee McGill, Oct. 11, 2011)

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Passed away peacefully at Watford Quality Care, Watford, on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, in her 89th year. She is survived by her children Rick Mitchell of Watford, and Jan (Cary) Adams of Oklahoma City, and Joan Westgate (Jerry) of Watford, and Brian (Caren) Edwards of Beamsville. Grandma Jean is also survived by seven grandchildren, Tracey [...]

Lambton Seniors Association helps community members to continue living safely in their homes

The following is one in a series of articles highlighting the work of agencies funded by the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton. By Alexandra L’Heureux The Lambton Seniors Association is comprised of several small organizations providing support for individuals over 50 years of age and their family members. The association uses funding for their various programs [...]

Lambton College part of province-wide ad campaign

A new multi-media ad campaign launched today promotes an Ontario college education as the best path to many of the cutting-edge careers in the new knowledge economy. “New technologies and innovations in the workplace have students and parents looking at higher education in a whole new way,” said Judith Morris, Vice President, Academic and Student [...]